Monday, September 10, 2012

9/10/12 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 13,254.29 down 52.35 or 0.39%

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Post No. 1,807 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,254.29 down 52.35 or 0.39% from Friday's close of 13,306.64.  Of the 30 Dow components  11 gained and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  and percentage-wise wasIBM up $1.51 or 0.76 %.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was 3M down $2.15 and percentage-wise was Intel down 3.84%.


As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.74 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.73 (year ago it was 12.26); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.55 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.42 (year ago it was 11.50) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.57 unchanged from Friday's dividend yield of 2.57 (last year it was 2.79). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,711.74 down  6.76  from Friday's closing numerator of 1,718.50. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow .Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.06 down 22 cents from Friday's average closing price of $57.28. The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.42   (HD/DIS) down 8 cents from Friday's median closing price of $54.50 (HD/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $676 ($171,850 - $171,174).

Market Watch 9/10/12 Mon. 33:41 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks declined Monday as Wall Street adopted a cautious stance three days before the Federal Open Market Committee is expected to signal another round of bond buying.                             
“The only surprise the FOMC could deliver would be to not announce further bond buying,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average     DJIA-0.39% shed 23.32 points, or 0.2%, to 13,3283.3.
Intel Corp INTC-3.84% weighed on the Dow industrials and the technology sector, off 3.8% after Morgan Stanley cut the computer-chip maker’s third-quarter revenue and earnings outlook.
The S&P 500 index SPX-0.61% fell 5.65 points, or 0.4%, to 1,432.27, with technology the worst performer and telecommunications the best among its 10 major sectors. The Nasdaq Composite     COMP-1.03% declined 25.54 points, or 0.8%, to 3,110.88.
Decliners pulled just ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where 392 million shares traded as of 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume topped 2.5 billion.
The U.S. dollar     DXY+0.29% tilted higher against other global currencies, including the euro EURUSD-0.3903%. Treasury prices fell, with the 10-year note yield 10_YEAR-0.89% rising to 1.681%.
Oil prices CLV2-0.17% edged up 0.1% to end at $96.54 a barrel and gold futures     GCZ2-0.73% retreated $8.70 to end at $1,731.80 an ounce.
American International Group Inc.     AIG-2.03% fell 1.8% after the Treasury Department said it would sell at least $18 billion, or most of its stake, in the insurer.                              

Analysts generally question the need for a third round of easing by the Federal Reserve, but agree the market is pricing in the move, with stocks hitting multiyear highs Friday after August payrolls rose by just 96,000.

“I’m still in the camp of: Do we really need to? The economic data in general are better than expected, so I don’t see the pressing need for additional easing at this point,” said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners.
“That being said, odds are favoring [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke doing some sort of easing. The Fed is focused on jobs and the fact that inflation is low at this point gives them the opportunity to continue very easy monetary policy,” Nolte added.                                But some analysts believe the Fed will not resort to further monetary easing until later in the year, when the threatened fiscal cliff is more imminent.
“We need fiscal policy and not monetary policy,” said Nolte, echoing Bernanke’s repeated call to lawmakers to act.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that if Congress fails to reach a deficit-reduction agreement and prevent more than $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to be implemented in January, another recession is likely.
“In 2011, Washington took us right to the edge of the cliff before they raised the debt ceiling. Why would one expect it to be different this time? That’s all I have to say about that,” emailed Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus.
The Fed is more likely to take less dramatic steps in the short term, such as extending guidance for keeping interest rates at exceptionally low levels into 2015, said Lazard’s Hogan.
“Also lost in the shuffle is their ability to take down the interest rates on excess reserves from 25 basis points to zero,” said Hogan of another possible policy option for the FOMC.
A German court is expected to rule Wednesday on the nation’s participation in the European Stability Mechanism, the permanent euro-area rescue fund.                                            
A report released Sunday by China’s National Bureau of Statistics said imports into the country fell 2.6% in August from the year-ago period. Exports climbed 2.7%, less than expected.


Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog.


A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily,  the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times,  New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga.- carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,306.64  up 14.64 or 11% from Thursday's close of 13,292.  For the week the Dow is up 215.8 or 1.65% from last Friday's close of  13,090.84.   For the year the Dow is up 8.91%.  Of the 30 Dow components  16 gained and 14 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $3.31 and percentage-wise was Bank of America 5.39%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Pfizer down $2.33 or 5.49%.



Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,718.50 up 17.89 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,716.61. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow .Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.28 up 6 cents from Thursday's average closing price of $57.22. The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.50 (HD/DIS) down 26 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $54.76 (HD/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,789 ($171,850 - $171,661).

Market Watch 9/7/12 Fri. 4:19 pm by Myra P. Saefond says US stocks finished higher Friday, with the benchmark indexes posting gains for the week and closing at their highest levels in years after August jobs data raised the prospects for another round of monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve. The Dow industrials DJIA +0.11% closed up 14.64 points, or 0.1%, at 13,306.64, its highest since Dec. 2007. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.02% edged up by 0.6 point to 3,136.42, its highest since Nov. 2000, and the S&P 500 SPX +0.40% ended 5.8 points, or 0.4%, higher at 1,437.92, its highest since Jan. 2008. "While it looks like stocks didn't move all that much, underneath the averages there is a lot of bullish price action under way," said Michael Gayed, chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. "High beta small-cap stocks continue to meaningfully outperform, the [CBOE Market Volatility Index] continues to price poorly, and defensive sectors, which money flees to in times of fear, are collapsing," he said. "Fear over a 2008 repeat is now turning into fear of global monetary shock and awe, and the potential inflationary aspects of it."

Monday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pB5 "FCC eyes rules for airwaves auctions" by Amy Schatz says Fed regulators will kick off an effort to set rules for future rules for auctions of tv airwaves later this month as part of a push to free up more airwves for mobiel broadand use.  Also, the FCC will look at whether wireless giants like Verizon and AT&T shold be restricted so they don't gobble up too many prime airwaves & stifle competition.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  Barron's pM3 "The trader" by Sandra Ward says China did its part for the markets Fri when it announced a plan to sepnd $157 bil on infrastructure and this was a lift to Caterpillar and others.  Also low financing costs and improving home sales bodes well for Home Depot, already clsoe to its 52 week high. It raised its full year earnings guidance to $2.95 a share from $2.90.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p32 "The unwelcome guest at Intel's big show: uncertainty" by Tiernan Way says Intel will be gathering prgrammers from around the world this week for its annual new tech demonstration.  There is uncedrgtainty about demand for the next verison of Microsoft's Windows which shops on 10.26.   Intel's next family of PC microprocessors is codenamed Haswell.  When it arrives next year it should help system makers such as Samsun, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.

Home Depot:   Barron's pM3 "The trader" by Sandra Ward says China did its part for the markets Fri when it announced a plan to sepnd $157 bil on infrastructure and this was a lift to Caterpillar and others.  Also low financing costs and improving home sales bodes well for Home Depot, already clsoe to its 52 week high. It raised its full year earnings guidance to $2.95 a share from $2.90.

Intel:  Barron's p10 "Week review" says Intel slashed estimates for 3Q sales and a Senate panel is eyeing JPMorgan Chase's London trading losses.

Barron's pM8 Intel is charted saying it lowered its Sept. quarter rev outlook.

Barron's p32 "The unwelcome guest at Intel's big show: uncertainty" by Tiernan Way says Intel will be gathering prgrammers from around the world this week for its annual new tech demonstration.  There is uncedrgtainty about demand for the next verison of Microsoft's Windows which shops on 10.26.   Intel's next family of PC microprocessors is codenamed Haswell.  When it arrives next year it should help system makers such as Samsun, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: WSJ pC1 "Banks rethink exec pay" by Dan Fitzpatrick, says, JPMorgan and other banks are considering pay changes.  JPMOrgan may lower '12 bonuses, including for CEO Dimon.Barron's p10 "Week review" says Intel slashed estimates for 3Q sales and a Senate panel is eyeing JPMorgan Chase's London trading losses.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:   Fin Times p19 "Kraft warns on proposed cuts to US  food stamps" by alan Rappeport says proposals to cut the $75 bil US food stamp program could hurt Kraft's profits per Tony Vernon, incoming chief exec of Kraft.

McDonald's:  Fin Times p22 "Corporate Diary" says  on Tues 9/11 McDonald's will give trading & sales updates.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: Barron's p32 "The unwelcome guest at Intel's big show: uncertainty" by Tiernan Way says Intel will be gathering prgrammers from around the world this week for its annual new tech demonstration.  There is uncedrgtainty about demand for the next verison of Microsoft's Windows which shops on 10.26.   Intel's next family of PC microprocessors is codenamed Haswell.  When it arrives next year it should help system makers such as Samsun, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.

Pfizer:  Barron's p42 "Pfizer's healthy prognosis" by Johanna Bennett says Pfizer's dividend has been a big draw for investors, helping fuel a 12.5% rise in the stock but Pfizer has more going for it than a 3.6% dividend yield.  Ht ihas a collection of new drugs nearing or just hitting the market that could help it beat earnings estimates and boosts its stock another 20% to $30 by year end of next year.   On Tues the FDA approe the leukemia drug Bosulif.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB5 "FCC eyes rules for airwaves auctions" by Amy Schatz says Fed regulators will kick off an effort to set rules for future rules for auctions of tv airwaves later this month as part of a push to free up more airwves for mobiel broadand use.  Also, the FCC will look at whether wireless giants like Verizon and AT&T shold be restricted so they don't gobble up too many prime airwaves & stifle competition.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)

McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 8/17/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $408 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 259.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 245 [3.5]
4. IBM 230 [1]
5. GE 222 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 221 [2]
7. AT&T T 214.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 187 [3]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 184.5 [3]
10. Coke KO 178.5 [4.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 177.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 140.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 132.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 132 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 125.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 90.5 [2]
18. McDonald's MCD 88 [1]
19. Home Depot HD 87 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 73.5 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 72 [2]23. American Express AXP 65.5 [1]
24. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 59 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 38.5 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 8/17/12:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 6/29/12 8K re: election of Scott F. Ford as Director
6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

Alcoa AA: 7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP: 8/15/12 8K re: dlinq. & write0off stats for months of May, June, and July
8/8/12 8K re: presentation from semi-annual Fin'l Community Meeting
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/20/12 8K re: election of David L. Vasella (Chairman of Bd. of Novartis) as Director
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/16/12 8K re: credt stats through 6/30/12
6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30
5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results
5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31


Bank of Am BAC: 8/10/12 8K re: retirement of Vice Chiar Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting
5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info




Boeing BA: 7/25/12 10Q and 8K re: 2nd quarter results ended 6/30/12
6/26/12 8K re: selection of Raymond L. Conner to replace Jim Albaugh as Pres/CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes
5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31



Caterpillar CAT: 8/17/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/10/12 8K re: debenture exchange
8/6/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/27 8K re: debenture exchange
7/24/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer states
6/26/12 8K re: safety problems at Wyoming mine
6/25/12 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders


Chevron CVX: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: 2 Qtr. results ended 6/30/12
7/11/12 8K re: guidance for 2Q
6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations


Cisco CSCO : 8/15/12 8K re: 4Q and FY '12 earnings
8/2/12 8K re: appointment to Bd. of CEO of salesforce.com Marc Benioff and Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of enduring Hydro, LLC
6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan


Coke KO: 7/1 8K re: new operating structure
7/27/12 8K re: Amendment to Articles of Incorp. to increase auth. shares & 2 for 1 stock split
'7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/29/12
7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split
5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21



Disney DIS: 8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12

6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement


DuPont DD: 7/24/12 8K and 7/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12
6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations
5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31


GE: 7/30/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/30/12 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Bd., he is Chairman Emeritus of Vanguard
7/23/12 8K re: resignation of John Krenicki as Vice Chair & exec officer at year end
7/20/12 8K re: 2Q results
6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


Home Depot HD: 8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


Intel INTC: 8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast
5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend




IBM: 8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec
7/31/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 1.875% notes due '22
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials



JPMorganChase JPM: 8/9/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: exec changes
7/13/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/13/12 8K re: restatement of 1Q results
6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12
7/20/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder deriv case in US Dist CT NJ
7/17/12 8K re: 2Q results
6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet
5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1




Kraft KFT: 8/17/12 8K & 8/14 8K & 8/2/12 8K re: spin-off
8/3/12 10Q & 8/2/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 & 7/17/12 & 7/2/12 8Ks re: successful exchange of notes
6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting


McDonald's MCD: 8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/23/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/20/12 8K re: various amendments to By-laws
6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan



Merck MRK: 8/7/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders


Microsoft MSFT: 7/26/12 10K for year ended 6/30/12
7/19/12 8K re: 4Q & full year results
7/2/12 8K re: write-down to Online Services Div
6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech

Pfizer PFE: 8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12
5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results



Procter & Gamble PG: 8/16/12 Form 8-A & 8/16 & 8/14/12 8Ks re sales of notes
8/8/12 10K and 8/3/12 2 8Ks all re: fourth quarter results for year ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 8K re: Board proclaims support for CEO Bob McDonald
7/10/12 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents per share
6/20/12 8K re: Deutsche Bank Conference Reg. FD disclosures


3M MMM: 8/2/12 & 7/26/12 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/26/12 8K re: sale of notes
6/26/12 8K re: issuance of $1.25 bil of notes
5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31


Travelers TRV: 7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


United Technologies UTX: 7/31/12 8K re: purchase of Silver II for $3.46 bil
7/26/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: results of 2nd qtr ended 6/30/12 & closing of Goodrich purchase and board and exec changer
6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement of Charles Lee from Board of Dirs.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/19/12 Form S-3 re: registration of 29,750,000 shares
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting


WalMart WMT: 8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
7/30/12 8K re: election to Board of Tim Flynn, former Chairman of KPMG
6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
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